Shoe construction



March 5, 1935.A A PIGNANELU 1,993,113

SHOE CONSTRUCTION Filed sept. 2s, 1931 INVENTOB cuff' ane//l B mm ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 5, 1935 y Y Y UNITED STATES lPAT-Emi z oFFlcEsf Luigi Pignanelli, Portland, Oreg., now by judicial f change of name Louis Pinell Y Ailppiication'september 23, 1931, seria1Nq.564,51g l 4 claims. (Chas-43) This invention relatesto shoeconstructiomand Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section taken more particularly is an improvement in the manthrough the vamp portion of a shoe such as reprener of producing the counter portion ofa shoe. sented in Fig. 5. Y Y f y A primary object of the-invention is the pro- Reference being had to Fig. 1 of the'drawing,

5 vision of a shoe wherein that part of the rear or the numeral 5-generally represents a blank from .-5

heel portion constituting the supporting counter which the preferred inventive Hembodiment. is is constructed to eliminate any possibility of formed, said blank stamped from leather or other Cracking as is not infrequently the case in shoes suitable material into an elongated strip, the fore as heretofore built where the counter is produced part 6 of which is configured to the approximate' 10 from a strip of approximate rectangularly-shaped shape of the toe portion of a shoe insole and the 1o leather. Such cracking in the conventional rear part 7 having lateral wings 8, 9 projecting counters as heretofore built, which cracking ocfrom opposite sides of the same, side edges of curs along the line of bending, is a result of the said wings being suitably tapered to feathered fact that in order to aord a horizontal inwardlyedges 10, 11, and companion ends oppositely directed flange the lower edges are feathered dressed to provide meeting feathered edges 12, 13. 1,5 and subsequently riveled to take care of the ex- The rear portion of said part 7, moreover, process material, the feathering materially weakenvides a re-entrant notched opening 14 servingl ing the leather. to receive, in the assembling of said rear part 7 A further object of the invention is the prointo a shoe counter, a projecting tongue element vision of a shoe counter formation wherein per- 15, said assembling accommodated by a bending 20 manency of shape is given to the same in that of the lateral wings on lines indicated by X, the the Wing portions of the counter are inter-confeathered edges 12,4 13 being aligned over one nected along lower edges of each. another and cemented together.

A still further object is the provision of a shoe In the lasting operation of the shoe illustrated,

counter wherein greater structural strength is obthe assembled counter with the integral insole 25 tained by a continuation of the same as the portion 6 projecting therefrom is applied over insole portion of the shoe. the last. The shoe upper 20 is drawn over the A still further object is the provision of a struccounter and the vamp portion of the last, the tural arrangement affording a most comfortable, edges of the upper being turned in over the sole flexible, and durable womens shoe of the sandal portion, a strip of leather 21 applied along the 30 character and which may be produced in a more ball portion of the inturned edges, and the laysimplified and inexpensive manner. ers stitched. The outsole 22 is subsequently se- 'I'he foregoing, together with further and more cured along the protruding welt portion of such particular objects and advantages, should bestrip 21 and the heel 23 applied. A fabric or thin come apparent throughout the course of the folleather sock lining 25 is preferably' introduced 35 lowing detailed description and claims, the inwithin the heel portion and sewed along the edge vention consisting in the novel construction, to the shoe upper. 24 represents aheel pad. adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter More particularly to Fig. 5, indicating a modidescribed and claimed. fled use of the counter formation described, I

40 In the drawing: represent a shoe design of a character somewhat 40 Figure 1 is an underenath plan development similar to the Deauville sandal, providing, howrepresenting the configuration of a blank from ever, the one-piece upper 30 for the heel portion which the present invention is produced. to afford sufficient rigidity in maintaining the Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same in the shape, and with a portionv31, serving as a vamp,

formation assumed as a shoe counter and insole. being brought down and turned in over the for- 4.5

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevational View wardly projecting Sole portion 32. An insole 33 0f a Shoe embodying the present Conception, parts may be inserted Within the S1108 and Stitched With being broken away and shown in longitudinal verthe vamp edges and the sole 31. tical section While I have herein illustrated and described Fig. 4 is a transverse Vertical Section taken the preferred SIuCtllIal formation and l1-Se 0f the 50 through the vamp portion of ashoe as represented iIlVeIltOIl, it iS not my intentOn U0 in any Way in Fig. 3. coniine the same except as may be limited by Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a sandal-type the scope 0f the heretoL annexed claims. l womens shoe produced by the present inven- What I claim, is,-

tion; and 1. A blank for a shoe counter member pre- 55 senting a toe portion, a heel portion, and Wings projecting laterally of said heel portion, the rear edge of said heel portion presenting a transverse tongue and a longitudinal slot of the approximate plane dimensional shape of said.

tongue, said wings being adapted to be bent upwardly at approximate right angles to the plane of the heel and the rear edges thereof being adapted to be united in the approximate'medan line of .the blank, said tongue being 'adapted to align itself into the slot of the heel to provide a substantially continuous surface to the same.

2. A counter member for a shoe presenting a toe portion, a heel portion, and -upstanding Wing elements at the opposite sides of the heel portion, said Wing elements having interconnected terminal ends extending about the rear of the heel portion, said Vheel Aportion 'having a slot in the same and one of said interconnected ends of the Wing elements providing a tongue interfltting in said slot, said tongue V.and theheel portion collectively providing a substantially continuousseating surface in the lheel of the counter member.

3. The .method of forminga counter member .for a shoe consisting in stamping a material blank to provide a toe portion, a heel portion, and wings extending laterally from both sides of the heel portion With one of the Wings presenting a tongue element and the heel portion presenting a rearwardly directed slot of the approximate plane dimensional shape of the tongue element, bending said Wings upwardly at right angle to the plane of the heel portion, drawing the rear edges `of the wing elements together at the rear of the .heel portion to 1ocate the tongue in the slot, and uniting the Vmeeting edges of the wing elements.

4. The method of producing a counter member for a shoe consisting in forming a material blank toprovide a heel portion having a wing element of a lengthin excess of that of the heel portion and extending laterally of the heel portion With -said extended portion v`of the wing element pre- LUIGI PIGNANELLJ. 

